Totally enclosed electric motor

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a totally enclosed, fan cooled electric machine and, more particularly, it relates to an effective cooling system for a totally enclosed electric motor.

[0002] Basically, the types of electric motors used are a-c induction, direct current and universal motors. Universal type electric motors are adapted to operate on either alternating or direct current. Under some circumstances of use it is desirable that the motor be enclosed so as to substantially isolate the motor from the environment in which it is used. This may be necessary to protect the motor from dirt, moisture, chemical fumes, or other harmful ingredients of the surrounding atmosphere. Such enclosed motors are also useful where the surrounding atmosphere contains flammable vapors, such as paint solvents. Obviously, a limiting factor in the use of a totally enclosed electric motor is the ability to cool the motor so as to prevent excessive heat build up and possible damage to the motor resulting therefrom. DE-C-400645, GB-A-431822 and DE-C-632919 all disclose enclosed electric machines having an internal cooling system and an external cooling system.

[0003] The characteristics of an induction motor dictate that it run at a specific speed determined by or as a function of the frequency of the alternating current input. Also, such motors have a low starting torque and draw a great deal of current at starting. With respect to a d-c motor, since two curved permanent magnets are utilized for the stator and these have very small spaces therebetween in the circumferential direction, there is effectively no space for cooling air to pass so that there results a negligible cooling effect in the internal mechanisms of the machine. Also, the jacket holding the permanent magnets must be made of steel which is not a good heat conductor. Thus, in order to cool a d-c motor, massive amounts of air must be blown over the housing. D-c motors, furthermore, are inherently relatively low speed motors. Universal motors on the other hand, tend to be relatively high and speed motors, wherein the speed can be varied and such motors do not draw a high current on starting.

[0004] One industry which utilizes electric motors is the professional and industrial painting industry, where portable spray painting equipment is utilized extensively in the painting of new constructions and the repainting of buildings. In this industry the paint is sprayed onto the surface being painted usually by the hydraulic atomization thereof wherein the liquid paint is pumped to a pressure of two to three thousand p.s.i. and released through a nozzle whereby it is atomized into a spray. The heaviest piece of equipment utilized in such a spray painting system is the pump which includes the motor therefor. Both electrically powered and gasoline powered motors are utilized in driving such pumps, however, the electric motor is preferred where electric power is available because it is smaller, lighter, less noisy and cleaner than the comparable gasoline powered engine. Such motors are required to start and stop frequently in dependance on the pressure requirements of the paint. However, difficulty arises where such painting requires the use of solvents which permeate the surrounding atmosphere and which may be inflammable. In such a situation, a totally enclosed electric motor may be necessary. The problem in providing a totally enclosed electric motor which is small and hand portable, involves adequate cooling of the motor as noted above. A portable, totally enclosed electric motor for such industrial painting currently on the market, utilizes a thermal switch which shuts the motor off before it becomes too hot and does not permit the motor to restart until the motor has cooled sufficiently. The drawback to this solution is that the operation of the motor is essentially out of the control of the operator and results in substantial down time in painting operations.

[0005] It is, therefore, the object of the present invention to provide a totally enclosed electric motor which can be constructed small enough to be portable and have a relatively high power output and high speed which is still sufficiently cooled to permit continuous operation when necessary.

[0006] The present invention is a totally enclosed electromotive machine having a stator and a rotor in a stator-rotor arrangement, said stator being fixedly supported by an internal cylindrical wall of a main housing for said device,
   an internal ventilation system comprising an internal fan driven by said rotor disposed in an internal fan compartment, a series of annular internal longitudinally extending ducts surrounding the internal cylindrical wall of the main housing and communicating with said fan compartment, and means for directing the internal ventilating air from said internal ducts to said stator-rotor arrangement to return to said internal fan compartment, and
   an external ventilation system comprising an external fan driven by said rotor disposed in an external fan compartment, and
   a series of annular external longitudinally extending ducts in said main housing discharging into an exhaust compartment which exhausts to the atmosphere, characterised by front and rear housings which are detachably secured to the main housing and in which the rotor is rotatably mounted, the internal fan compartment being defined between the stator-rotor arrangement and the rear housing, the external fan compartment being defined by said rear housing and an exterior rear cover, said rear housing sealing said external fan compartment from said internal ventilation system, and said exhaust compartment being arranged in said front housing and being sealed from said internal ventilation system by said front housing.

[0007] Embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hydraulic paint pump incorporating the totally enclosed electric motor according to the present invention;

Figure 2A-2B is an exploded view of the totally enclosed electric motor according to the present invention showing a portion of the housing therefor broken away;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the totally enclosed electric motor of Figure 1 taken along line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a rear elevational view of the electric motor of Figure 3 taken along line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the electric motor of Figure 3 taken along line 5-5 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the electric motor of Figure 3 taken along line 6-6 of Figure 3;

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of the electric motor of Figure 1 taken along line 7-7 of Figure 1;

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of the electric motor of Figure 7 taken along line 8-8 of Figure 7;

Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view of the electric motor of Figure 7 taken along line 9-9 of Figure 7;

Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view of the electric motor of Figure 7 taken along line 10-10 of Figure 7;

Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the electric motor of Figure 7 taken along line 11-11 of Figure 7;

Figure 12 is a perspective view of the front motor housing of the electric motor according to the present invention as viewed in the direction looking from the electric motor; and

Figure 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 13-13 in Figure 11.

[0008] Now turning to the drawings, there is shown in Figure 1 an electrically operated hydraulic paint pump, designated 10, consisting of a totally enclosed electric motor 12 of the univeral type which drives a hydraulic pump 14. As clearly seen in Figure 2A-2B the operating gears (not shown) of hydraulic pump 14 are housed within a pump housing 16 which is formed as part of front motor housing 18 of electric motor 12. Electric motor 12 consists of an outer housing assembly 20, a field 22, an armature 24, a brush holder assembly 26, brushes 28, internal fan 30, rear motor housing 32, external fan 34, rear cover 36 and motor starter 38. While a universal type motor is described herein, the same principles concerning the cooling thereof would also apply to induction and d.c. motors.

[0009] Outer housing assembly 20 consists of a substantially square, extruded outer housing 40 formed of aluminum having a cylindrically shaped aluminum sleeve 42 coaxially mounted therein. The four corners 44 of outer housing 40 are preferably beveled as clearly seen in Figure 2A-2B. Field 22 consists of a pair of diametrically opposed field coils 46 and 48 (see Figures 3 and 7) and laminations 50 which surround the windings 54 of armature 24. Field 22 is secured in sleeve 42 against rotation as described hereinafter. Armature 24, in addition to windings 54, includes axial shaft 56, which is journaled for rotation in front motor housing 18 and rear motor housing 32 by means of bearings 58 and 60 respectively, and commutator 62. Brush holder assembly 26 is formed of plastic material and consists of a circular plate 64 co-extensive with cylindrical sleeve 42 having a central opening 66 therein through which commutator 62 extends and a coaxial, axially extending sleeve 68 which is axially co-extensive with commutator 62 and radially co-extensive with central opening 66. Circular plate 64 and sleeve 68 support diametrically opposed brush holders 70 which, with the help of brush retainers 72, maintain brushes 28 in contact with commutator 62. Brush holder assembly 26 is fixedly secured to outer housing assembly 20 by means of screws 74 and it also prevents field 22 from rotating by causing studs 76 which extend from the rear of circular plate 64 and to enter into corresponding openings 78 in field 22.

[0010] At the rear of motor 12, on the side of armature 24 opposite commutator 62, internal fan 30 is fixedly mounted to shaft 56 in internal fan compartment 80 of motor 12. Internal fan 30 circulates air for the internal ventilation system (hereinafter described) of motor 12. Rear motor housing 32, which supports shaft 56 by means of bearing 60 is fastened to outer housing 20 so that face 82 thereof seals against face 84 of outer housing 20 thereby sealing internal fan compartment 80. External fan 34 is fixedly mounted to shaft 56 in external fan compartment 86 separated from internal fan compartment 80 by rear motor housing 32. External fan 34 circulates cooling outside air for the external ventilation system (hereinafter described) to remove heat from motor 12. Rear cover 36 is fastened to rear motor housing 32 thereby enclosing external fan compartment 86 and is provided with openings 88 through which outside air is drawn into compartment 86.

[0011] The external ventilation system shown in Figure 3, in addition to external fan 34 and external fan compartment 86, also includes a series of four ducts, designated 90, one in each corner 44 of housing 20, which are substantially parallel to the bevel of corners 44 and run the length of housing 20, as clearly seen in Figure 2B. Ducts 90 communicate with external fan compartment 86 so that cooling outside air drawn in through openings 88 is moved radially outwardly by external fan 34 and into and along ducts 90, as clearly seen in Figure 5. The cooling air moving along ducts 90, as shown in Figure 3, removes heat from the walls 92 thereof by means of convection and carries the same to the front of motor 12 to be exhausted. Each pair of ducts 90 vertically arranged from each other communicates with a respective exhaust compartment 94 disposed on lateral sides of front motor housing 18, as clearly seen in Figures 3 and 6. Each exhaust compartment 94 exhausts to the atmosphere through openings 96 at the bottom of front housing 18. Ducts 90 communicate with compartments 94 through holes 98 in sealing face 100 of front housing 18. Face 100 of front housing 18 seals against front face 102 of outer housing assembly 20 as shown in Figures 3 and 7, thereby segregating the internal and external ventilation systems from each other at front motor housing 18.

[0012] The internal ventilation system shown in Figure 7, in addition to internal fan 30 and internal fan compartment 80, also includes a series of ducts 104 arranged at 45° intervals on the periphery of aluminum sleeve 42. As clearly seen in Figure 8, ducts 104 form a substantially annular, discontinuous channel adjacent sleeve 42 having a series of pedestals 105 supporting sleeve 42. Four of ducts 104 corresponding with corners 44 of outer housing assembly 20 are radially, inwardly adjacent to ducts 90 and are sealed therefrom by the sealing faces 82 and 84 of rear motor housing 32 and outer housing assembly 20, respectively. The remaining four ducts 104 are arranged adjacent the sides of outer housing assembly 20 so that each pedestal 105 is proximate to and substantially underlies ducts 90 of the external ventilation system. Ducts 104 discharge into brush compartment 106 in front motor housing 18 and, since the major exit from compartment 106 is through annular space 108 (see Figure 10) defined between commutator 62 and the internal face of sleeve 68, the air passes therethrough and continues into the air gap between armature 24 and field 22. Air also exits from brush compartment 106 through lateral slit-like openings 110 in circular plate 64 of brush holder assembly 26 which are aligned with field windings 46 and 48, permitting air to cool these windings and also pass through lateral spaces 112 defined between the diametrically opposed windings. The air passing through and around armature 24 returns to internal fan compartment 80.

[0013] Brush compartment 106 is formed by the sealing effect of circular plate 64 against sleeve 42, the undercut 114 in face 100 of front motor housing 18 (see Figure 12) which is radially co-extensive with the annular, discontinuous channel around sleeve 42 defined by ducts 104, walls 116 and 117 of exhaust compartments 94 and front end wall 118 of front motor housing 18. Additional cooling of the internally circulating air occurs in brush compartment 106 because of the proximity of the passage of the externally circulating air through exhaust compartments 94. Heat transfer in this case is through walls 116 and 117 separating brush compartment 106 from exhaust compartments 94.

[0014] Thus the internal ventilation for electric motor 12 is accomplished by fan 30 moving the air in internal fan compartment 80 radially and directing it into ducts 104 and therealong to brush compartment 106 as shown in Figures 7 and 8. While passing through ducts 104, the air picks up heat from aluminum sleeve 42 by convection which had been transmitted to sleeve 42 from field 22 with which it is in direct contact. This air then passes the picked up heat to the cooler surfaces of ducts 104, which surfaces are radially outward and which conduct the heat radially outwardly even further. In brush compartment 106, a portion of the air cools brushes 28, as described hereinafter, while part of the remainder of the air passes through annular space 108, cooling commutator 62, armature 24 and field 22 and part passes through openings 110, also cooling armature 24 and field 22. The air is then returned to internal fan compartment 80 and recirculated by internal fan 30. Thus, pedestals 105 conduct heat from sleeve 42 radially outwardly to ducts 90 and the air passing through ducts 104 pick up heat from sleeve 42 by convection and pass this heat to ducts 90 and to the outside surfaces of outer housing assembly 20 so that the external ventilating air passing through ducts 90 and the external atmosphere in contact with the outside surfaces of outer housing assembly 20 remove this heat by means of convection and dissipate the same.

[0015] With respect to the cooling of brushes 28 mounted in brush holders 70, sufficient spaces are provided around each brush 28 for the internal ventilating air passing into brush compartment 106 to carry away the heat generated by the arcing between brushes 28 and commutator 62. As clearly seen in Figure 11, each rectangular brush 28 is mounted in a brush support 120, preferably formed of high heat conductive material such as aluminum, so that its shorter sides are firmly held therein while open channels 122 and 124 are provided along its longer sides. Channel 122 is deeper than channel 124 and is adapted to accept therein brush retainer 72, as clearly seen in Figure 13. Aluminum support 120 is substantially rectangular in overall shape with its longer sides having rectangularly shaped distensions 122' and 124' corresponding to channels 122 and 124. The forward facing short side 126 of support 120 is adapted to closely fit into recess 128 in the forward side of generally rectangular internal wall 130 of brush holder 70. Brush support 120 is retained in brush holder 70 by being wedged into recess 128 by means of pin 132 in wall 130 oppositely disposed from recess 128. As clearly seen in Figure 11, substantially the three sides of brush support 120 other than side 126 make no contact or only point contact with wall 130 of brush holder 70 so that internal ventilation air passes thereby as well as the long sides of brush 28 to remove heat therefrom.

Claims

1. A totally enclosed electromotive machine (12) having a stator (22) and a rotor (24) in a stator-rotor arrangement, said stator (22) being fixedly supported by an internal cylindrical wall of a main housing (20) for said device,
   an internal ventilation system comprising an internal fan (30) driven by said rotor (24) disposed in an internal fan compartment (80), a series of annular internal longitudinally extending ducts (104) surrounding the internal cylindrical wall of the main housing (20) and communicating with said fan compartment (80), and means for directing the internal ventilating air from said internal ducts to said stator-rotor arrangement to return to said internal fan compartment, and
   an external ventilation system comprising an external fan (34) driven by said rotor (24) disposed in an external fan compartment (86), and a series of annular external longitudinally extending ducts (90) in said main housing discharging into an exhaust compartment (94) which exhausts to the atmosphere, characterised by front and rear housings (18 and 32) which are detachably secured to the main housing (20) and in which the rotor (24) is rotatably mounted, the internal fan compartment (80) being defined between the stator-rotor arrangement and the rear housing (32), the external fan compartment (86) being defined by said rear housing (32) and an exterior rear cover (36), said rear housing (32) sealing said external fan compartment (86) from said internal ventilation system, and said exhaust compartment (94) being arranged in said front housing and being sealed from said internal ventilation system by said front housing.

2. A machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said device further includes a commutator (62) arranged on said rotor (24) at the end thereof supported by the front housing (18) and a pair of oppositely disposed brushes (28) in contact with said commutator, the internal ventilation system further including a brush compartment (106) for said brushes defined between said front housing (18) and said stator-rotor arrangement and communicating with said series of internal ducts (90), means for directing the internal ventilating air in said brush compartment to remove heat from said brushes, and means for directing the internal ventilating air in said brush compartment to remove heat from said commutator.

3. A machine as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that said means for directing internal ventilating air to remove heat from said commutator comprises a wall element (64) separating said stator-rotor arrangement from said brush compartment radially co-extensive with the internal cylindrical wall of said main housing, said wall element having an opening therein co-axial with said rotor and a sleeve (68) co-extensive with said opening which forms an annular channel with said commutator so that internal ventilating air in said brush compartment is directed axially along said commutator to said stator-rotor arrangement to return to said internal fan.

4. A machine as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that said means for directing internal ventilating air to remove heat from said brushes comprises for each rectangularly shaped brush a brush support (120) which engages the short sides of said brush and provides open channels along the long sides of said brush, and a brush holder (70) integral with said sleeve in said brush compartment associated with said commutator opening into the annular channel defined therebetween which fixedly engages said brush support therein and forms open channels substantially therearound which, together with the open channels between said brush and said brush support, communicate between said brush compartment and the annular channel surrounding said commutator.

5. A machine as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that said sleeve (68) is axially co-extensive with said commutator.

6. A machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said series of annular external ducts (90) are arranged radially outwardly in said main housing relative to said series of annular internal ducts.

7. A machine as claimed in claim 6, characterised in that said main housing (20) is substantially square in cross-section and said series of external ducts (90) are so arranged that there is an external duct at least at each cross-sectional corner of said main housing.

8. A machine as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that said series of annular internal ducts (104) surrounding the internal cylindrical wall of the main housing defines a substantially annular, discontinuous channel radially outwardly adjacent said cylindrical wall having an arrangement of pedestals (105) connecting said cylindrical wall with said main housing.

9. A machine as claimed in claim 8, characterised in that said pedestals (105) are arranged to be radially aligned with said external ducts (90).

10. A machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said main housing (20) and front and rear housings (18, 32) are formed of a material of high heat conductivity.

11. A machine as claimed in claim 10, characterised in that said material is aluminum.

12. A machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said internal cylindrical wall is an element (42) separate from said main housing.

13. A machine as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that the exhaust compartment (96) arranged in said front housing comprises two compartments into each of which two laterally adjacent external ducts exhaust, said exhaust compartments being laterally arranged in said front housing and each lateral compartment exhausts to the atmosphere at a lateral side of said front housing.

14. A machine as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that said exhaust compartment (96) is arranged adjacent said brush compartment (106) so that the air passing through said exhaust compartment means is adapted to remove heat from the wall separating the brush compartment and the exhaust compartments means transferred thereto from the internal air passing through the brush compartment.

15. A machine as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that said wall element (64) separating said stator-rotor arrangement from said brush compartment includes at least a second opening therein aligned with the heat producing element of the stator of the stator-rotor arrangement.

16. A machine as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that said wall element separating the stator-rotor arrangement and the brush compartment and the sleeve connected thereto are formed of plastic.

Ansprüche

1. Ein total eingekapselter elektrischer Motor (12) mit einem Stator (22) und einem Rotor (24) in einer Stator-Rotor-Anordnung, wobei der Stator (22) durch eine innere zylindrische Wand eines Hauptgehäuses (20) für diese Vorrichtung fest gehaltert wird,
einem inneren Belüftungssystem, das ein durch den Rotor (24) angetriebenes inneres Gebläse (30), das in einer inneren Gebläsekammer (80) angeordnet ist, eine Reihe ringförmiger innerer, sich in Längsrichtung erstreckender Leitungen (104), die die innere zylindrische Wand des Hauptgehäuses (20) umgeben und mit der Gebläsekammer (80) in Verbindung stehen, und Einrichtungen zum Richten der inneren Belüftungsluft von den inneren Leitungen zu der Stator-Rotor-Anordnung und zurück zu der inneren Gebläsekammer umfaßt, und
einem äußeren Belüftungssystem, das ein von dem Rotor (24) angetriebenes äußeres Gebläse (34), das in einer äußeren Gebläsekammer (86) angeordnet ist, und eine Reihe ringförmiger äußerer, sich in Längsrichtung erstreckender Leitungen (90) in dem Hauptgehäuse umfaßt, die in eine Abluftkammer (94) ableiten, die an die Atmosphäre ausläßt,
gekennzeichnet durch ein vorderes Gehäuseteil und ein hinteres Gehäuseteil (18 und 32), die lösbar an dem Hauptgehäuse (20) befestigt sind und in denen der Rotor (24) drehbar befestigt ist, wobei die innere Gebläsekammer (80) zwischen der Stator-Rotor-Anordnung und dem hinteren Gehäuseteil (32) ausgebildet ist, die äußere Gebläsekammer (86) durch das hintere Gehäuseteil (32) und eine äußere hintere Abdeckung (36) begrenzt ist, das hintere Gehäuseteil (32) die äußere Gebläsekammer (86) gegen das innere Belüftungssystem abdichtet und die Abluftkammer (94) in dem vorderen Gehäuseteil angeordnet und gegen das innere Belüftungssystem durch das vordere Gehäuseteil abgedichtet ist.

2. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorrichtung weiterhin einen Kommutator (62), der auf dem Rotor (24) an dessen von dem vorderen Gehäuseteil (18) getragenen Ende angeordnet ist, und ein Paar sich gegenüberliegend angeordne- ter Bürsten (28) in Kontakt mit diesem Kommutator umfaßt, das innere Belüftungssystem außerdem eine Bürstenkammer (106) für diese Bursten, die zwischen dem vorderen Gehäuseteil (18) und der Stator-Rotor-Anordnung ausgebildet ist und mit der Reihe innerer Leitungen (90) kommuniziert, eine Einrichtung zum Richten der inneren Belüftungsluft in die Bürstenkammer, um Wärme von diesen Bürsten abzuführen, und eine Einrichtung zum Richten der inneren Belüftungsluft in die Bürstenkammer, um Wärme von dem Kommutator abzuführen, umfaßt.

3. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrichtung zum Richten der inneren Belüftungsluft zum Abführen von Wärme von dem Kommutator ein Wandelement (64) umfaßt, das die Stator-Rotor-Anordnung von der Bürstenkammer abtrennt und sich radial ebenso wie die innere zylindrische Wand des Hauptgehäuses erstreckt, wobei in dem Wandelement eine Öffnung vorgesehen ist, die coaxial zu dem Rotor ist, und das Wandelement eine Büchse (68) aufweist, die sich ebenso wie die Öffnung erstreckt und einen ringförmigen Kanal mit dem Kommutator bildet, so daß die innere Belüftungsluft in dieser Bürstenkammer axial entlang des Kommutators zu der Stator-Rotor-Anordnung und zurück zu dem inneren Gebläse gerichtet wird.

4. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrichtung zum Richten der inneren Belüftungsluft zum Abführen von Wärme von den Bürsten für jede rechtwinklig geformte Bürste eine Bürstenhalterung (120) umfaßt, die mit den kurzen Seiten der Bürste im Eingriff steht und offene Kanäle entlang der langen Seiten der Bürsten liefert, und einen Bürstenhalter (70) umfaßt, der einstückig mit der Büchse in der dem Kommutator zugeordneten Bürstenkammer ist und sich in den ringförmigen Kanal öffnet, der zwischen ihnen ausgebildet ist, und fest in die Bürstenhalterung eingreift und offene Kanäle im wesentlichen um diese herum bildet, die zusammen mit den offenen Kanälen zwischen der Bürste und der Bürstenhalterung zwischen der Bürstenkammer und dem ringförmigen Kanal, der den Kommutator umgibt, kommunizieren.

5. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Büchse (68) sich axial gleich wie der Kommutator erstreckt.

6. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Reihe der ringförmigen äußeren Leitungen (90) relativ zu der Reihe der ringförmigen inneren Leitungen in dem Hauptgehäuse radial außen angeordnet ist.

7. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Hauptgehäuse (20) im wesentlichen quadra- tisch im Querschnitt ist und daß die Reihen der äußeren Leitungen (90) so angeordnet sind, daß eine äußere Leitung wenigstens an jeder Querschnittsecke des Hauptgehäuses ist.

8. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Reihe der ringförmigen inneren Leitungen (104), die die innere zylindrische Wand des Hauptgehäuses umgeben, einen im wesentlichen ringförmigen, diskontinuierlichen Kanal bildet, der radial außen der zylindrischen Wand benachbart liegt, die eine Anordnung von Auflagern (105) hat, die die zylindrische Wand mit dem Hauptgehäuse verbinden.

9. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Auflager (105) so angeordnet sind, daß sie radial mit den äußeren Leitungen (90) ausgerichtet sind.

10. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Hauptgehäuse (20) und das vordere und hintere Gehäuseteil (18,32) aus einem Material mit einer hohen Wärmeleitfähigkeit ausgeformt sind.

11. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Material Aluminium ist.

12. Ein Motor nach. Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die innere zylindrische Wand ein Element (42) ist, das von dem Hauptgehäuse getrennt ist.

13. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die in dem vorderen Gehäuseteil angeordnete Abluftkammer (96;94) zwei Kammern umfaßt, wobei in jede von ihnen zwei seitlich benachbarte äußere Leitungen abblasen und die Abluftkammern seitlich in dem vorderen Gehäuseteil angeordnet sind und jede seitliche Kammer an einer seitlichen Seite des vorderen Gehäuseteils an die Atmosphäre abbläst.

14. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Abluftkammer (96;94) benachbart zu der Bürstenkammer (106) so angeordnet ist, daß die Luft, die durch die Abluftkammer-Einrichtung hindurchströmt, angepaßt ist, daß sie Wärme von der Wand abführt, die die Bürstenkammer und die Abluftkammer-Einrichtungen trennt, die von der durch die Bürstenkammer strömenden inneren Luft übertragen wird.

15. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Wandelement (64), das die Stator-Rotor-Anordnung von der Bürstenkammer trennt, in sich wenigstens eine zweite Öffnung aufweist, die mit dem wärmeerzeugenden Element des Stators der Stator-Rotor-Anordnung ausgerichtet ist.

16. Ein Motor nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Wandelement, das die Stator-Rotor-Anordnung und die Bürstenkammer und die damit verbundene Büchse trennt, aus Kunststoff ausgeformt ist.

Revendications

1. Machine électromotrice complètement fermée comportant un stator (22) et un rotor (24) d'un ensemble de stator-rotor, le stator (22) étant supporté de façon fixe par une paroi cylindrique interne d'un boîtier principal (20) du dispositif, cette machine comprenant :

- un système de ventilation interne comprenant un ventilateur interne 30, entraîné par le rotor (24), disposé dans un compartiment de ventilateur interne (80), une série de conduits annulaires (104) s'étendant longitudinalement autour de la paroi cylindrique interne du boîtier principal (20) et communiquant avec ledit compartiment de ventilateur (80), et des moyens pour diriger l'air de ventilation interne des conduits internes vers ledit ensemble de stator-rotor et pour le ramener vers le compartiment de ventilateur interne, et

- un système de ventilation externe comprenant un ventilateur externe (34) entraîné par ledit rotor (24), disposé dans un compartiment de ventilateur externe (86) et une série de conduits annulaires externes (90) longitudinaux réalisés dans le boîtier principal et débouchant dans un compartiment d'échappement (94) en communication avec l'atmosphère, caractérisé en ce qu'elle comporte des boîtiers antérieur et postérieur (18 et 32) qui sont fixés de façon détachable au boîtier principal (20) et dans lesquels le rotor (24) est monté à rotation, le compartiment de ventilateur interne (80) étant défini entre l'ensemble de stator-rotor et le boîtier postérieur (32), le compartiment de ventilateur externe (86) étant défini par le boîtier postérieur (32) et un couvercle postérieur externe (36), le boîtier postérieur (32) isolant, de façon étanche, le compartiment de ventilateur externe (86) du système de ventilation interne, et le compartiment d'échappement (94) étant disposé dans le boîtier antérieur et isolé, de façon étanche, du système de ventilation interne par le boîtier antérieur.

2. Machine suivant la revendication 1 caractérisée en ce que le dispositif comprend de plus un collecteur (62) disposé sur le rotor (24) à l'extrémité de celui-ci, supporté par le boîtier antérieur (18), et une paire de balais (28) disposés de façon opposée, en contact avec le collecteur, le système de ventilation interne comprenant de plus un compartiment de balais (106), destiné à recevoir les balais, réalisé entre le boîtier antérieur (18) et l'ensemble de stator-rotor et communiquant avec les conduits internes (90), des moyens pour diriger l'air de ventilation interne dans le compartiment de balais, de façon à prélever la chaleur des balais, et des moyens pour diriger l'air de ventilation interne dans le compartiment de balais pour prélever la chaleur du collecteur.

3. Machine suivant la revendication 2 caractérisée en ce que les moyens destinés à diriger l'air de ventilation interne pour prélever la chaleur du collecteur sont constitués d'un élément de paroi (64) séparant l'ensemble de stator-rotor du compartiment de balais ayant la même étendue que la paroi cylindrique interne du boîtier principal, cet élément de paroi comportant une ouverture coaxiale au rotor, et un manchon (68) de même dimension que cette ouverture, qui forme un canal annulaire avec le collecteur, de façon que l'air de ventilation interne, dans le compartiment de balais, soit dirigé axialement le long du collecteur vers l'ensemble stator-rotor, pour retourner vers le ventilateur interne.

4. Machine suivant la revendication 3 caractérisée en ce que les moyens pour diriger l'air de ventilation interne pour prélever la chaleur des balais, comprennent pour chaque balai rectangulaire, un support de balai (120) qui vient en contact avec les côtés courts du balai de façon à constituer des canaux ouverts le long des grands côtés du balai, et un support de balais (70) lié au manchon du compartiment de balais associé à l'ouverture du collecteur, dans le canal annulaire défini entre eux, qui est en contact avec le support de balai et forme des canaux ouverts sensiblement autour de ceux-ci, lesquels, ainsi que les canaux ouverts entre les balais et le support de balais, font communiquer le compartiment de balais et le canal annulaire entourant le collecteur.

5. Machine suivant la revendication 3 caractérisée en ce que le manchon (68) a la même dimension axiale que le collecteur.

6. Machine suivant la revendication 1 caractérisée en ce que les séries de conduits externes annulaires (90) sont disposées radialement vers l'extérieur du boîtier principal, par rapport aux séries de conduits internes annulaires.

7. Machine suivant la revendication 6 caractérisée en ce que le boîtier principal (20) a une section droite de forme sensiblement carrée, et lesdites séries de conduits externes (90) sont disposés de façon qu'il existe au moins un conduit externe à chaque coin de la section droite du boîtier principal.

8. Machine suivant la revendication 7 caractérisée en ce que les séries de conduits internes annulaires (104) entourant la paroi cylindrique interne du boîtier principal définissent un canal discontinu sensiblement annulaire, voisin extérieurement de la paroi cylindrique, possédant des nervures (105) reliant la paroi cylindrique au boîtier principal.

9. Machine suivant la revendication 8 caractérisée en ce que les nervures (105) sont disposées de façon à être alignées radialement avec les conduits externes (90).

10. Machine suivant la revendication 1 caractérisée en ce que le boîtier principal (20) et les boîtiers antérieur et postérieur (18,32) sont constitués d'un matériau fortement conducteur de la chaleur.

11. Machine suivant la revendication 10 caractérisée en ce que ledit matériau est de l'aluminium.

12. Machine suivant la revendication 1 caractérisée en ce que la paroi cylindrique interne est un élément (42) séparé du boîtier principal.

13. Machine suivant la revendication 7 caractérisée en ce que le compartiment d'échappement (94) disposé dans le boîtier antérieur est constitué de deux compartiments dans chacun desquels sont prévus deux conduits d'échappement externes voisins latéralement, ces compartiments d'échappement étant disposés latéralement dans le boîtier antérieur et, chaque compartiment latéral est en communication avec l'atmosphère sur un côté du boîtier antérieur.

14. Machine suivant la revendication 2 caractérisée en ce que le compartiment d'échappement (94) est voisin du compartiment de balais (106), de façon que l'air traversant le compartiment d'échappement puisse prélever la chaleur transférée à la paroi séparant le compartiment de balais des compartiments d'échappement.

15. Machine suivant la revendication 3 caractérisée en ce que l'élément de paroi (64) séparant l'ensemble de stator-rotor du compartiment de balais comprend au moins une seconde ouverture alignée avec l'élément de stator produisant la chaleur, de l'ensemble stator-rotor.

16. Machine suivant la revendication 3 caractérisée en ce que l'élément de paroi séparant l'ensemble de stator-rotor et le compartiment de balais ainsi que le manchon, qui lui est relié sont formés de matière plastique.

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